A special water puppet programme that takes place on February 10-25 at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris is delighting French people, both young and old, and helping them to gain a deeper insight into Vietnamese culture.

A Quan Ho (love duet singing) contest was held on February 1 and 2 at the Kinh Bac Cultural Centre in Bac Ninh city with the participation of 36 singing duos from the local area.

An eighty-minute programme featuring Xoan (Spring) singing from the ancestral land of Phu Tho will take place at the Hung Kings temple historical site on February 18.

The “Zing Music Awards” kicked off its second season on November 7.

A series of outdoor concerts that come as part of a community music project will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Hanoi Opera House on November 11.

The annual European Music Festival will return to Vietnam next week with first-time participants from Slovakia.

Vietnam has been working on a dossier of Xoan singing, a folk strain of northern Phu Tho province, to be submitted to UNESCO for recognition as an “Intangible Cultural Heritage in need of Urgent Protection”.

In the renewal and integration process, “Don ca tai tu” is now facing the loss of its identity as more cultural interaction between Vietnam and other countries is occurring. To preserve the identity of “Don ca tai tu” in the process of cultural interaction is a great challenge, especially for managers.

In the two resistance wars against foreign invaders for national salvation, “Don ca tai tu” was the soul of the movement “The singing drowns the blast of bombs” in the South. At these times, the enemies considered the invisible strength from “Don ca tai tu” as an arm that must be destroyed.

A dossier on “Don ca tai tu”, a kind of folk music very popular in Southern Vietnam, has been submitted to UNESCO for recognition as one of Mankind’s Intangible Cultural Heritages. PANO would like to present such a musical genre.

The red carpet at the 5th HTV Awards 2011 ceremony was graced by hundreds of well-known actors and artists at the Ho Chi Minh City Television Theater on April 4.

Local singer Tung Duong won the “Singer of the Year” title at the sixth Cong Hien (Devotion) Music Awards 2010, organised by The Thao & Van Hoa Newspaper and the PR consultancy firm Le & Brothers Limited in Ho Chi Minh City on April 5.